Born in Belgrade,on Dorcol (part of Belgrade), in the summer of 1933, he graduated at so called "First Men High School". He studied Philosophy for French, Spanish, and Italian language. From 1957,he became a professional actor, and besides acting in domestic cinematography, he also played in France, Spain, Italy, Hungary, Germany, Poland and Austria. His film creations noted like anthology in the Yugoslavian cinematography,an he had a status of an artist. He was a profesional dancing player in "Flamenco", where he got a nickname El Caballero. He played on alternative scenes, and folk programes. Through his entire career, he has played pop music in many different orchestras, and film also. The house in which he had lived for a more than 4 decades, waiting for someone's call for film, survived a German Bombing on Belgrade in 1941 and 1944. He was also a partner of Anthony Quinn, Alain Delon, Horst Buchholz, Orson Welles, Gina Lollobrigida, Monica Vitti.In 1997 he published a book called "Susreti"(Encounters).